NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

IRELAND

Shaun Kelly, who was convicted of dangerous driving causing the death of eight men in Donegal in 2010

• A jail term for the ‘worst case of dangerous driving‘ in Irish history has been ruled as overly lenient
• This is why Paul Murphy paid his €1,150 property tax bill
• Five people have been arrested over the murder of Lorcan O’Reilly on Halloween night
• 25,000 new jobs are in the works for Galway, Mayo and Roscommon
• Three gardaí have been hospitalised after their car crashed into a wall when responding to a call
• French schools in Dublin are taking security precautions in the wake of last Friday’s Paris terror attacks
• A judge has dismissed the effect of ‘high heels and a tight skirt in a Ryanair back-pain damages claim
• An Irish man wounded while protecting his girlfriend in the Bataclan attack in Paris is in a stable condition in hospital
• A former fireman has been sentenced to seven years over a sexual relationship with a teenage girl
• A Garda who faced down a military-trained gunman has spoken of his ordeal
• 44 social housing units are on the way in Dublin, but it looks like just 200 council houses in total will be built in the whole of 2015
• A man in his 50s arrested following the murder of Brigid Maguire has had his period of Garda detention extended
• Further arrests of British soldiers in relation to Bloody Sunday have been halted pending a court challenge

INTERNATIONAL

Abdelhamid Abaaoud AP AP

#PARIS ATTACKS: Multi-city raids and manhunts have taken place across France as French police close the net on suspects. Meanwhile, president Francois Hollande has declared that “France is at war”.

#ABDELHAMID ABAAOUD: Here’s what we know about the suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks

#WASHINGTON: Islamic State has apparently threatened to attack the American capital, according to new footage released today

#HARVARD: Four different buildings at Harvard University have been evacuated after a bomb threat was received

#CALIFORNIA: A woman has been convicted of microwaving her daughter to death

INNOVATION

• Here’s what you should consider when purchasing a laptop this Christmas (TheJournal.ie)
• Introducing – the alarm clock that quite literally slaps you in the face until you wake up (Geek)

PARTING SHOT

Comedian John Oliver isn’t afraid to say what he thinks. And as you might imagine he is not one bit impressed with the terrorist attacks in Paris: